Augusta A.D. 293(?)-311
Bronze Nummus
Cyzicus mint, A.D. 308-309
Obv: GAL VAL-ERIA AVG
Rev: VENERI V-ICTRICI - Venus, standing left, holding apple, raising drapery over left shoulder
MKV in exergue; Δ in left field
RIC 46
26mm, 5.8g.
Galeria Valeria was the daughter of Diocletian. She was forced into an unhappy marriage with Galerius for political reasons. After his death, she resisted pressures to accept further political marriages with his successors, so she spent several years in exile before she was executed by the spurned Licinius.
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